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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

What else can I say?!

Dear Miss______,

We would like to thank you for your understanding and support regarding Carson’s adjustment to ______ ______School. As we have expressed to you numerous times, we too are concerned with the behavior issues that have been occurring at school.

Jonathan and I are trying to reinforce what you’re teaching him at school regarding appropriate and inappropriate behavior. However, it has been a bit difficult and frustrating for us at times since we are not seeing the same behavior at home that has been highlighted by you and your staff. We understand there are variables involved at school that are not possible to duplicate at home.

We are becoming very discouraged with some of the content that has either been written or verbally communicated about Carson’s behavior (e.g., forceful, disrespectful, remorseless, attacked, etc.) We recognize the importance of documenting these incidents accurately; however, the implication is that Carson is acting out in ways that are malicious or intentionally hurtful.

Furthermore, as you are aware Carson came from an orphanage, was in foster care, and then our home all within the first year of his life. So he has been through numerous substantial changes at a very early age. We don’t want to put him through additional unnecessary changes with school either.

We believe Carson has enjoyed being at the school and has benefited quite a bit since starting there in September. He talks about his teachers and friends often and likes going each day. He role-plays at home and involves his teachers’ names when doing so. For these and other reasons, we want Carson to continue with your program and allow it to impact his life even more.

Thank you for your continuing efforts and understanding. We will continue to partner with you with the shared goal of improving the experience for everyone involved.


Sincerely,


Greta-Jo and Jonathan

5 comments:

Donna said...

Oh Greta! How horrible! I'm so sorry that you and your family are having to go through this. Your letter sounds extremely reasonable and I truly hope that they work with you to resolve whatever is going on. Many ((hugs))!

Bobbi said...

Oh, I am so sorry that you are having difficulty!!! Reese is aggressive as well. Now, they have referred him for speech, saying they can't understand him, or that other kids can't, but we don't see all of this.

I pray that this will work for you and your family. Keep us posted. You and Johnathon are great parents. That's all you need to remember

Reba said...

I sent you an e-mail but just wanted to send some hugs from Arkansas!

Lori said...

(((( Hugs)))) from MN!! I too received several notes and phone calls regarding our Nicolai! If you ever want to share stories - email....loriwestrum@hotmail.com. I'd love to share! Not saying that your Carson is doing anything - but we received similar comments about our son and now that he's in 4th grade we finally feel like we are making headway with the school. It all started in preschool and he was actually kicked out of the preschool program. I'm all ears if you want to share!

Becca said...

Wow - well written. I hope they ease up. I seriously doubt that the adjectives they used to describe Carson's beahvior are accurate!

Love,
Becca